Sass & the City: Housework is new workout

What do a pair of size-five bluejeans and a clean kitchen floor have in common?

According to a new study, everything.

Sit down and grab a Kleenex. Because this is way depressing.

The study, as reported by the New York Times, found that women are doing far less housework today than they did back in the 1960s. And it's no surprise that the result is a collective expanding waistline and higher levels of obesity.

Apparently, in 1965, women spent an average of 25.7 hours a week cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry. These days, that number is down to only 13.3 hours of housework a week.

Excuse us! Most of us are busy earning a living 40 or more hours a week. When we get home, we want to spend time with our kids, enjoy our hobbies and just relax.

The last thing we want to do is pick up a broom.

Honestly, I am shocked at the fact that any woman spends even 13.3 hours weekly on housework. Personally, the majority of time I invest in housework is either spent whining about it or wishing I didn't have to do it.

According to the study, even housewives and stay-at-home moms are slacking in the housework department. They now burn about 360 fewer calories daily than they did in the 1960s.

Women who work outside the home fare a bit better, burning about 132 fewer calories on household chores than they did in the past ... all of which add up to extra pounds.

The study's recommendation? Duh. More housework.

Somehow, I feel like Martha Stewart has to be behind this, checking for dust and pulling the strings like the evil, lavender-sachet-scented, dirtless, apple-pie puppet master that she is.

And where, may I ask, are the men in this study?

To make matters worse, the study was funded by a grant from none other than Coca Cola.

Seriously?

This is the company that sells the sugary beverage that is consumed on average 403 times per year by Americans. And, at 97 calories a crack, that adds up to a whopping 39,000 or more calories a year.